# ABBYY FineReader PDF Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is ABBYY FineReader PDF the right PDF Editor solution for you? Explore 427 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/reviews --- ABBYY FineReader PDF 4.7 (427) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of ABBYY FineReader PDF Ease of use 4.5 Customer Service 4.4 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews PC Paul C Ingeniero CivilCivil Engineering, Self-employedUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “It helped me a lot in converting my scanned documents into searchable PDF files and extracting tables and text with a high degree of confidence.“ May 29, 2024 PS Philip S Product ManagerInformation Technology and Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The only thing that can cause a problem is the not always accurate conversion from PDF to Excel.“ May 22, 2024 PS Philip S Product ManagerInformation Technology and Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “ABBYY FineReader PDF turned out to be an incredibly accurate OCR, combined with the recognition of over 190 languages, an excellent way to work directly in PDF, but at a much lower cost.“ May 22, 2024 MR Megan R Associate ProfessorHigher Education, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “There's no way to correct ocr mistakes like you can in Adobe acrobat.“ May 22, 2024 VY Vishnu Y Warehouse ExecutiveLogistics and Supply Chain, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “You can easily create, edit PDFs, or even convert your documents to PDF files.“ February 16, 2025 RH Ricky H EngineerElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: I used a free trial. “We cannot edit the file in Mac in a single subscription“ June 10, 2024 AR Ana Catalina R AsesoraAlternative Medicine, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “I have been using the tool for many years, it is very useful for archival work, facilitating the digitization of images, as well as the recognition of text, for consultation using tools such as the search engine and the PDF reader aloud.“ January 12, 2024 AO Ahmad O Project ManagerConstruction, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The OCR results for some languages are bad and not accurate at all, they need to work on the OCR criteria to enhance the results and make it smarter to predict the correct letter or word.“ June 18, 2023 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 427 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Khan Md Mohaiuminul Islam S. Civil Engineer Civil Engineering Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Outstanding tool to handle Documents and Pdfs" September 5, 2023 4.0 I found it Phenomenal during converting my documents which consist of Tables and figures.During Conversion of PDF files to Excel and word, I get accurate result, Just like Original.I must mention OCR function is the best here.Anyway Price of this product is very Higher than Similar prducts. Pros Outstanding OCR capabilities are expertise of ABBYY Finereader PDF.Compatible with other documents tools , Especially MS office.Accurate conversion of files, consist of tables , figures and other similar data.Very easy interface, organizing documents in pages is very quick.Editing E signature to protect files is also helpful for me. Cons ABBYY Fine reader PDF is bit pricey among other PDF Editors.Sometimes it freeze during loading Large Documents. Switched from [Lumin PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/214552/Lumin-PDF/) Sometimes the large files , I face problem. OCR is far better in ABBYY. Review Source JE Jesse E. Owner Automotive Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "ABBYY FineReader Review" October 23, 2024 5.0 Very pleased. It exceeded my expectations. Pros What i like the most is how much detail you are able to manipulate with this software. Cons What i least liked was how difficult it was for me to learn my way around it. Switched from [Xodo](https://www.capterra.com/p/210439/Xodo/) I made the switch a few days ago and am happy i did. Review Source FK Faryt K. CEO Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Faryt's review" May 22, 2024 3.0 Overall has been a good experience and has allowed us to modify docs with some difficuties. Pros Ability to edit PDF docs without too much training. Cons Not flexible with too. That would make editing very enhanced.ls like Find and Replace Switched from [Adobe Premiere Pro](https://www.capterra.com/p/233456/Adobe-Premiere-Pro/) Didn't like adobe well because was not very flexible. Review Source PS Philip S. Product Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "ABBYY FineReader PDF - Everything you need and beyond" May 22, 2024 5.0 I use ABBYY FineReader PDF in my daily work and the product has become my indispensable assistant. I have tried other similar software, but the experience of working with ABBYY is the most satisfying. Pros ABBYY FineReader PDF turned out to be an incredibly accurate OCR, combined with the recognition of over 190 languages, an excellent way to work directly in PDF, but at a much lower cost. All this, combined with the incredibly good and fast support makes the product excellent for the needs of anyone who works with PDF files. Cons I can't point to anything I don't like. I use most of the functionalities and I am satisfied. The only thing that can cause a problem is the not always accurate conversion from PDF to Excel. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) The first reason I started using FineReader was the excellent OCR with Cyrillic texts. Then I discovered the other functionalities, the wide selection of languages, interfaces in Bulgarian, converting, comparing documents and others. Review Source PR Peter R. Director of Development Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Perfect software for people looking to replace Adobe Acrobat Pro" May 22, 2024 5.0 I made it about 4 days into the trial before I purchased the full license. I have removed most of the Adobe products I used to use from my workflow, and yet I always had to keep an Adobe Acrobat Pro subscription to cover my PDF needs. This was a huge find for me as it can duplicate all that I needed from the Adobe products, and more, for a far more reasonable price. I have already recommended this software to my team as something we will cover to eliminate their needs for other products. Pros The suite of features is far more expansive than my other PDF related products. The document management, document conversion, digital signatures, and the giant array of supported file types made this an easy choice for me. Especially when I started using it and realized that the UI was intuitive and top notch! Cons There is not a lot I dislike about it. I think the only part that was a little difficult was getting the digital signature process set up how I wanted it to be in my workflow. It was the only area in the application that I really had to do some looking up to see how to get the most out of it. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) I don't use Adobe products much anymore, so I wanted to get something less expensive than Adobe Acrobat Pro, but that could fit my workflows and document needs. ABBYY FineReader checked all the boxes and saved me money. Review Source RS Rick S. President Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "ABBYY FineReader" May 22, 2024 5.0 Overall, my experience with that be fine writer has been a good one. They now so I will not be moving back to Acrobat primarily because I hate their subscription services and pricing. It would be nice if there was online storage for yours and phone app for ABBYY FineReader PDF. Pros Price and Features, Scanning and Editing. Cons Some of the features and functions have not been where I would expect to find them in the menus. That is because I was Adobe Acrobat for almost 20 years. During that time, however, I was using Abby Screenshot Reader for everything I wanted to capture for just text. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) I hate their subscription services and pricing. Review Source AY Amanda Y. Owner Insurance Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to navigate" May 22, 2024 4.0 Pros The main features my office utilizes is merging/organizing pages and editing content. ABBY makes both of these tasks quick and easy, even for less tech savvy employees. Cons Not a real con for the program, my office uses ABBY for basic functions, I am sure there are a lot of features offered that I cannot speak on. Alternatives considered [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) When I was going to renew my Adobe subscription the price increased, I found ABBY and thought it seemed like a comparable product at a better price. Review Source PC Paul C. Ingeniero Civil Civil Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Review from Paul Chávez" May 29, 2024 5.0 It helped me a lot in converting my scanned documents into searchable PDF files and extracting tables and text with a high degree of confidence. Pros its accuracy in recognizing characters and formatting the output almost exact to the input file. Cons That it does not have very sophisticated image preprocessing, for example in the detection and elimination of signatures and seals, which in some cases makes pages saturated with them unrecognizable by ABBY FineReader. Alternatives considered [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF The cost of ABBY FineReader was minor than the alternative and it has good recognition accuracy as well. Review Source NW Naoko W. translator, interpreter Translation and Localization Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "For more better quality for Japanese language required" June 17, 2024 4.0 Pros reasonable price than Adobe PDF, it was a compromis solution. Cons I miss really OCN Quality for Japanese and Comment function and "Prooing tools " like text adding, delete tools in PDF like Adobe. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) Compaired with Adobe-Product the price was reasonable. OCN Function was mandantry. Review Source yC yohai C. CTO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Beat in Bread OCR platform " May 22, 2024 5.0 Pros The ability to calibrate the OCR and optimize the results by changing some of the algorithm attributes Cons it missing some crucial features such as of reading order settings in the OCR editor (RTL Vs LTR) Switched from [Adobe XD](https://www.capterra.com/p/168423/Adobe-XD/)[Foxit PDF Editor](https://www.capterra.com/p/249044/Foxit-PDF-Editor/) It saves me a lot of time - so the ROI is immediate Review Source SC Steve C. Content Creator E-Learning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Overall PDF software I've found." May 24, 2022 4.0 For the price, still the best program out there, and much improved in recent years. Great alternative to the terribly priced and overwrought Adobe. Pros Ease of Use in combining and editing documents. Simple to adjust, remove, merge, and edit text. Cons OCR function not wholly accurate, but no program is. Image adjustment is slower and has a steep learning curve. I wish you could work on doc image without first running OCR (adds time). Steeper learning curve on OCR. Commenting on docs not as clean/clear to follow along as on other programs. Alternatives considered [PDF Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/101108/PDF-Studio/) Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF I don't recall Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/)[Lumin PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/214552/Lumin-PDF/) Needed a reliable and affordable pdf editor. Reach of the products above failed one of those criteria. Review Source JA Jack A. Owner Accounting Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Try The Best Full Feature PDF Editor" December 14, 2023 5.0 I was getting frustrated with Adobe Acrobat and the fashion the company was taking it. I use the Fujitsu Scansnap and the Standard ABBYY Finereader was included with the scanner. Once I tried the full version of ABBYY, I was sold Pros Once I familiarized myself with the interface, the program worked as needed. No need to keep referring back to Dr Google or support. Cons The initial interface. It took me a few weeks to look for things. For example, it was easy to delete a page...remove a page and set up a different PDF? That one has too many steps. Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF Basically, the relationship ABBYY had with Fujitsu. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) I did not like where Adobe was taking the product. It started to get confusing as to where PDF's were stored/updated when I was not using their Cloud services. Review Source ST Sean T. Clinical Psychologist Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Essential for ANYTHING PDF, meaning FOR EVERYBODY" July 1, 2023 5.0 Pros How powerful it is to convert to and from PDF seemlessly, preserving all important formatting. I can create a custom PDF from multiple file formats and send it out to clients very quickly, which is essential, as I am doing everything, besides seeing my clients as a psychotherapist. I create PDF documents that are personalized for each client and they think I have spent days creating it. It helps THEM get better. Cons It's a little clunky as a pdf reader. I wish there was a lite version that would open when I just want to quickly read a pdf. Alternatives considered [Soda PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/226942/SODA-PDF/) Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF There was no comparison. ABBYY was better in EVERY respect. Review Source GT Graham T. Aircraft Engine specialist Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Most versatile pdf to Excel conversions available" May 22, 2024 5.0 Have used ABBY exclusively to do document conversions for over 11 years now. No other app Including Acrobat is as good as this one. Pros The MAIN reason I use ABBY Finereader is to convert multi-page pdf invoices to Excell so that they can be dissected and analyzed. I have tried all other pdf to Excel converters and they all botch them up completely with misaligned rows and columns, making the task more excruciating. ABBY is the ONLY app available that can quickly adjust rows and columns to an exact OCR match. Invaluable! Cons Learning curve to use all the features can be a bit tedious but not overwhelming. Review Source RH Ricky H. Engineer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Alternate of Adobe Acrobat PDF" June 10, 2024 4.0 Pros Its OCR is easy to use and powerful. File can be previewed before finalizing. Cons We cannot edit the file in Mac in a single subscription Review Source LY Lior Y. Educational Neuropsychologist Medical Practice Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very Good product " May 22, 2024 5.0 Pros The variaty of language one can use when using different litteratures and when scanning and converting documents as well as editing. Cons nothing really. It is a simple and efficient. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Publisher Publishing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Publishing with ABBY FineReader" May 23, 2024 5.0 It has been useful to me for scanning and converting old scripts into Final Draft. Pros I love how easily it converted a script into a special software I use called Final Draft. Cons The initial learning curve was not intuitive to me. Switched from [OCR Gateway](https://www.capterra.com/p/219010/OCR-Gateway/) I could not make it work with Final Draft. Review Source HH Holly H. Senior Specialist Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "ABBYY for OCR" May 22, 2024 4.0 Pros ABBYY is incredibly fine-tuned to OCR and I trust it more than other OCR programs. Cons ABBYY is not intuitive and others who do no use the program regularly find it difficult to navigate. Review Source EN Emil N. Dr. Iur . Legal Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good product" May 22, 2024 5.0 Pros Ease od use, it is easy to use the product i am happy Cons Nothing. Every thing is good snd i like the fine reader Review Source AC Alexandre C. Researcher Research Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Fraktur OCR" June 9, 2024 5.0 Pros If you are looking for an option for digitizing historical documents with Fraktur OCR this is your choice! Cons Since I am using only this functionality, price is not ok for me. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer General Manager-Finance & Administraion Food Production Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best User Friendly OCR Software available in the market to save your money and time in 2023" January 11, 2023 5.0 Sometimes we doesn’t have enough time to type or spend to write a formal letter in our busy works schedule. There are lot of solutions are available in the Google or digital world, one of those alternative, I found ABBYY FineReader as one of best alternative I have ever used. This is basically a OCR software, which convert any digital readable data into a editable and readable data as per your requirements. This is a PDF the executives Software intended to deal with the specific office and personal works with maintaining quality and requisite parameters of the works. It empowers Beginner as well as Professional also to support their effectiveness in the advanced working environment in their home or office. ABBYY FineReader improves on the assignment of digitization of actual records and facilitates post-digitization handling. It incorporates altering, recovering, document assurance, coordinated effort, sharing, and so on. ABBYY FineReader is an Optical Person Acknowledgment (OCR) application with PDF altering highlights. This PDF programming permits the transformation of picture records, for example, pictures, filters PDF documents, and screen catches into editable record designs. In light of an ABBY FineReader audit, its valuing plans are very reasonable. It has a free preliminary.To summarize, ABBY FineReader is one of the most outstanding programming for PDF downloading, altering, marks, and record the executives also. Pros It is perfect for working with these records and digitizes archives without any problem into various formats , as Microsoft Succeed, Rich Text Configuration, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, HTML, PDF/A, accessible PDF, CSV, and txt (plain text) documents. ABBYY is the best OCR programming Software I've worked with and that can assist you with changing over PDFs into editable text documents easily. My experience has been excellent with this, particularly while working with switching tables over completely to OCR content. The numerous accessible dialects and an enormous number of capabilities that permit us to perceive huge measures of text rapidly is outstanding. There is mix with dedicated famous cloud administrations. Cons Pricing:There are lot alternative options are available in the markets like Foxit PhantomPDF, Tesseract and Amazon Textract, Google Docs etc. Some of the alternative are relative very cheap/free compare to this. The pricing is little bit Costly in comparison with others options available in the markets.Accessibility:This software is Not accessible for Mobile phones. It can be improved in that respect to accessible in Android and IOS systems of all Mobile Phones.Conversion:Sometimes it converts the data in non-editable Box/image format or digitize the data in wrongly (errors of spelling) ,these mostly are doing when are not clearly recognizable or our main data sheet was in handwritten. User may faces difficulty at that times to works with this Software. Review Source RS Ricardo S. Translator Writing and Editing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "After years Abbyy still carries several disappointing defects that don't justify it's price " June 23, 2023 3.0 It's impresses me that I've been using Abby for many years and it still carries many of the same defects it has always had; it sometimes does perfect conversions into Ms word but quite oftenly it renders a file in which I have to make many corrections before start working with it. The precisión to detect the characters has improved over the years and sometimes it can detect complex tables, which is nice to see, but regarding tables with not clear imprinted lines the program files to detect them at all. Pros That only sometimes renders a perfect conversion into Ms word that I can use to work, and I mean a file where I don't have to remake any parts of the text or recapture images, etc. Cons That it changes the page I'm working on just by scrolling, that's tedious. That's solves many of the text by putting it into a floating case box, and that's terrible and cannot be turned off. That many obvious tables are not detected by Abbyy when automatic converting, specially those without visible lines. That it fails to detect structures when converting scanned pages. That the function of detecting the headers and foots almost always fails, but instead it tries to convert as headers parts of the text that are not. Correcting all the above is time-consuming, which is contrary to the purpose of this program. And recently there is a contradiction between doing things in the main window of the OCR editor I'm doing them at the detailed window, for example if I try to select one cell to be treated as an image, it's conflicts the problem if I chose it at the main window or at the detail window, with the first one generally overriding the second. I'm now in Windows 11 the program crashes a lot. Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF I use Abbyy along with the other programs because none of them can actually generate a proper conversion of a PDF into Ms word, except for rare occasions when this happens. Review Source Pattar and Co. C. Accountant Accounting Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Extremely valuable tool in fostering automation for my small-sized accounting firm " October 25, 2018 5.0 For anyone in the finance industry, it is now simply understood that numbers are no longer "crunched" by overworked accountants battling customer-driven deadlines. That is all gone by way of automation. The only hang-up to a seamless input into automation is the fact that much of it still is stored as paper, believe it or not. My firm in particular made a push to start digitizing all of our records and in this process, I learned much about OCR technology. There are hundreds of products that say they can OCR, but the fact that ABBYY can process a HUGE variety of documents, fonts, etc. , this saves a lot of time correcting the output and actually getting searchable documents onto file storage. I just hope that this product continues to develop and remains at its reasonable price point. Pros It literally helped my firm save HUNDREDS of man-hours of data entry by running all of our scanned documents through ABBYY and relying heavily upon its OCR to produce a variety of formats which we were able to quickly cross verify and enter into the accounting software. In short, the quality and intelligence of their OCR engine is tremendously accurate and fast! Cons The licensing stuff is a little TOO strict and often the remote licensing procedure has to be manually restarted within WIndows Services. We eventually bought more licenses after realizing that ABBYY will be a critical component in my firm's efforts to digitize all of our records and hard copies onto our cloud-hosted server. However, for a very small business that may not warrant another license purchase, they will quickly find out that ABBYY is quick to detect multiple sessions of the same serial code and will block both out. A little excessive, but I can understand their strict use and protection of this fine product. Review Source RH Roberto H. Managing Director Professional Training & Coaching Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great tool!" June 23, 2023 4.0 It´s the best pdf editing tool I know so far and I tried a lot different tools, when I worked as an administrator. Pros What I like most about Abby is the simplicity, the reliability and the speed which helps me very much to work fast and on my own speed. Cons Editing text is not as easy as I would prefer it or better, not everything is so easy to be edited by Abby. Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF see my review Switched from [Adobe PDF Library](https://www.capterra.com/p/232963/Adobe-PDF-Library/) Not satisfied Review Source CA Charles A. partner Law Practice Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Highs and lows" May 24, 2022 5.0 I have two programs that index my entire hard disk, so it is key to have recognized text in all my saved files. I've tried all the other OCR-capable programs, and this is the best. Pros It does a great deal, and has super OCR. And the printer function allows you to add printed output to another pdf file, either at the beginning or end of the recipient file. Cons I have to reinstall it many times per week, often after the computer is put to sleep. Also, the print to pdf accessory seems usually -- but not always -- to print without keeping the text layer, so it has to be recognized again. Switched from [Adobe Creative Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/48969/Adobe-Creative-Cloud/) Better OCR, no annual charge. Review Source Talk to a Capterra advisor for free and get results within 15 minutes.